In late October, most of the warlords from all walks of life in Guanzhong were defeated and cleaned, either surrendered or defected to Xiliang, and a small number of them went into the mountains and forests, and the grass fell into the grass, and Guanzhong gradually stabilized.

At the beginning of November, Ye Zhao ordered people to fly pigeons to pass the book to Shuzhong, in order to send a flying boat to recruit the family members of the house, the king of Hongnong, Liu Wei and the queen mother, and the Tang concubine, Ye Zhao and Zhang Su were appointed as the pastor of Yizhou, and promoted Huang Quan to Yizhou Don't drive, as for the chief general in charge of Yizhou soldiers and horses, Ye Zhao has not decided, but in recent days, there are many people who have recommended themselves, hoping to get the right of Yizhou soldiers and horses.

Chang'an, Taiwei's Mansion.

"Lord, in the past, when Chang'an was at its peak, the population of these three auxiliary places was nearly 10 million, but over the years, the war has been endless, although Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang warlords used the lord's policy to stabilize the place, but because of the perennial war, a large number of people have moved south, or into Shuzhong, or into the land of Jingxiang Yanyu in the east of the Guandong, the population has lost most of it, and now the population of Guanzhong is roughly calculated, it is less than two million, and the specific data can only be fully obtained after the household registration statistics, but the minister believes that it will not exceed two million, only less!" Xi Zhicai wrapped himself in thick clothes and reported to Ye Zhao his achievements in the past month.

The weather has entered winter, and after a heavy snowfall just now, the temperature has become even lower, although Xi Zhi has only been conditioned over the years, Ye Zhao let him forcibly quit cold food and powder, but his weak physique cannot be improved quickly, even if Ye Zhao has a prescription in his hand, and he has experienced it himself, he does not dare to use fierce medicine against Xi Zhicai.

"In other words, the population of the entire Guanzhong is less than two million now?" Ye Zhao sat at the table and frowned.

"Well, it doesn't include the three counties of Wuwei, Jincheng, and Beidi, but these three counties are already desolate and barren, and the population is not prosperous, even if they are subdued, it will be difficult to add too many people." Xi Zhicai nodded.

The three counties of Wuwei, Jincheng and Beidi are now in the hands of Ma Teng and Han Sui, although the population is sparse, but it is an important place to connect the Western Regions, Ye Zhao wants to trade with the Western Regions, to obtain an endless stream of resources and talents in the Western Regions, these three counties are also very important for Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao didn't speak again, this is still because he took Hedong, there has been a great chaos in Guanzhong these years, but Hedong has developed well under the governance of the Wei family, and there are roughly six or seven hundred thousand people, if Hedong is excluded, the entire Jingzhao, Fufeng, Zuo Fengyi plus the five counties of Longyou are only one million or two hundred thousand, if you count the population taken away by Lu Bu, it is about one million and a half million, this is still Ye Zhao's strategy back then to help stabilize Guanzhong, otherwise, I am afraid that there will not even be a million people left.

Seeing that Ye Zhao didn't speak, Xi Zhicai smiled and said with relief: "Actually, a lot of the overflowing population in this pass has been received by Shuzhong, and now that Shuzhong has been decided, the lord can move out of the population to fill the vacancy in Guanzhong?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Ye Zhao came back to his senses, shook his head and said with a smile: "Is this Sai Weng a blessing if he loses his horse?" Although the people in this Guanzhong land withered because of this, it is precisely because of this that more people can be absorbed in, Shuzhong is now stable, and the rash relocation of people to this place is not only to make the people resentful, but also to deceive themselves. ”

"It's just that now Sili is deserted, and there are few people in the state, where do the people come from?" Xi Zhicai frowned.

If we take the current population to live on our own, with the current population base of Guanzhong, we may not be able to double the population in another 20 years.

"In Shuzhong, we can turn barbarians into Han, now we can turn into Qiang, turn into Hu, Zhicai knows that when I was the Macheng Order, if I can give me ten years, I can make the north of Danhan Mountain all my Han pastures, those grassland herdsmen, are my Han people!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Now that the war is over, the people's minds are determined, and if there is a war at this time, it will be detrimental to the people's livelihood." Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhaodao.

"If you want to annex a nation, there is not only war, although war is essential, but it will not be now, the top priority is to develop Guanzhong first." Ye Zhao shook his head with a smile and said.

"The lord is wise." Xi Zhicai suddenly heard about Ye Zhao's governance of Macheng in the early years, but he didn't know it, but back then, Ye Zhao was able to rely on a Macheng to obey Hu Renzhi in the area of Danhan Mountain, obviously it was not as simple as just killing, and he was too worried.

"There is another thing, Zhang Xiu has led 3,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river to join Zilong, Zilong ordered Zhang Xiu to lead the army to escort Hedong Weijia to come, and will arrive in Chang'an in the near future, can the lord want to meet?" Xi Zhi remembered something and bowed to Ye Zhao.

The grievances between Ye Zhao and the Wei family, the old man who followed Ye Zhao knew a little bit, although Zhao Yun captured Hedong, but in the end, he still did not kill the killer, but sent the people of the Wei family.

"Wei family......" Ye Zhao clasped his hands, looked at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile: "Count it out, it has been eighteen years since I had a grudge with the Wei family because of that Wei Xian, and it is time to settle the score!" Ordered someone to inform Zhang Xiu that Chang'an would not have to come, and take the people of the Wei family to stand by in Baling, and I will go to Baling in person. ”

Resentment, it has always been there, after all, even if it is not the hatred of the predecessor, since Ye Zhao came out, there have been many calculations from the Wei family one after another, although Wei Qian has gone, but now that the Wei family is in his own hands, the account will be cleared first.

"It's fine." Xi Zhicai nodded, obviously the Wei family's results will not be too good, this is Ye Zhao's personal grudge, he didn't persuade Ye Zhao to say anything about repaying grievances with virtue, bowed down and retired, and went to pass the order!

"Dian Wei!" Ye Zhao took a deep breath, looked at Dian Wei and said, "Prepare, assemble the guard battalion to go to Baling with me, and settle an old account!" ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei agreed, and went to gather the guards.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ye Zhao took eight hundred guards out of Chang'an, all the way to Baling, forty miles away, but arrived in two hours.

Zhang Xiu also just got the message, turned to Baling, saw Ye Zhao for the first time, and hurriedly dismounted respectfully and saluted: "The last general Zhang Xiu, see the lord." ”

"The general doesn't have to be polite, I know about General Zhang Ji, the general doesn't have to be in a hurry, practice martial arts, he will have a battle with Na Lu Bu in the future." Ye Zhao dismounted, smiled and helped Zhang Xiu up.

"Thank you, Lord." Zhang Xiu said gratefully.

"Let's go, take me to meet the people of the Wei family." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Whoa!"

The Wei family is a big clan in Hedong, and it has a history of more than 300 years, and there are hundreds of people in the direct line plus the collateral population, the old family of the year has died, and now the Wei family is Wei Qi in charge, and now Wei Qi and Wei Zi have voted for Lu Bu, and the Wei family is now mostly a side line.

Ye Zhao, accompanied by Zhang Xiu, walked in the crowd, these people saw Ye Zhao, crying and grabbing the ground one by one, begging and begging, but Ye Zhao turned a deaf ear, his eyes swept over a member of the Mingwei family, those who knew, those who died, those who fled, and the rest were people who didn't know each other at all, to be honest, Ye Zhao was full of murder when he came, but at this moment, he was lacking in interest.

In the end, Ye Zhao's footsteps stopped in front of a Wei family member who lowered his head very low, looking at this person, Ye Zhao suddenly smiled and said, "Wei Xian, why don't you even want to raise your head when you see each other?" ”

"Wei ...... Wei Xian...... See Captain! "This person is the Wei Xian who almost forced Ye Zhao to death back then, and later in Macheng, he also helped the county Taishou of the era to calculate Ye Zhao.

"This life is really amazing sometimes! Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, Wei Fujun doesn't talk about his feelings? Ye Zhao looked at Wei Xian and smiled.

When I first met Wei Xian, Wei Xian was the Taishou of Hanoi, and Ye Zhao was commensurate with the prince of the house, Wei Xian at that time, if it weren't for the identity of Cai Yong's disciple and Cai Yong himself was in Huai County, pinching Ye Zhao to death was as easy as pinching an ant to death.

"Captain forgive!" Wei Xian snorted and knelt on the ground: "Wei Xian's crime deserves death, I just implore the captain, don't implicate the Wei family!" ”

At the beginning, Wei Xian was deposed and put into Guo Xun's command as a staff member, and then the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Ye Zhao was on the rise, although Liu Hong had an amnesty for the world, but because of Ye Zhao's relationship, Wei Xian was not able to enter the office again, but the crime was eliminated, so he naturally returned to Hedong to help the Wei family take care of some business, and the life was also nourishing, but I didn't expect that in an unprepared situation, he came to Ye Zhao again, and this time, it may be because of himself, involving the entire Wei family.

"Why are you still so naïve?" Ye Zhao patted Wei Xian's chubby cheek and said: "From the very beginning, this kind of thing is not just your business, if there is no Wei family behind your back, to be your backing, to borrow your courage, you would not dare to be so cruel to my Ye family in the inner border of Henan, and now that you have reached this step, you say that the Wei family is innocent?" ”

Not to mention the grievances between Ye Zhao and Wei Xian, just the mutual calculations between Ye Zhao and the Wei family over the years, Wei Zhongdao's death, and Wei Zheng...... The two sides have long been in a dead-ending situation.

"But these people are just members of the Wei family, they are so innocent!" Wei Xian said mournfully.

"Maybe." Ye Zhao patted Wei Xian's shoulder and said: "There are too many innocent people who die every day in this world, and if you only kill one, they will still hold a grudge against me, and the family will be neat, don't you say?" ”

"Ye Xiuming!" Wei Xian's eyes suddenly turned red, and he suddenly roared like crazy, and pounced on Ye Zhao fiercely.

"Bold!" Dian Wei, who was following Ye Zhao, stared, kicked out, and kicked on Wei Xian's chest, and suddenly, Wei Xian's sternum was completely dented, and he screamed and vomited blood and flew out.

"Let's go!" Ye Zhao looked at the surrounding Wei family, lost interest, and left with Dian Wei.

"Lord, these people ......" Zhang Xiu looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.

"To be a man, you must keep your word!" Ye Zhao glanced at Zhang Xiu and turned to leave.

What do you mean?

Zhang Xiu looked at Ye Zhao's back a little blankly, and didn't know what to do with these people for a while.

"Derong!" Zou came to Zhang Xiu's back at some point and patted Zhang Xiu's shoulder.

"Auntie?" Zhang Xiu looked at the Zou family suspiciously, the Zou family and Zhang Xiu's family came together, they had been in the army before, and they had not had time to settle down.

"Before, the captain said, the family, to be neat, you forgot!" Zou said in a low voice.

Zhang Xiu was stunned, looked at the group of old and weak people of the Wei family, and hesitated: "This ......"

"This is the personal grudge between the Wei family and the Taiwei, there can be no woman's kindness at this moment!" Zou glanced at Ye Zhao's back and shouted in a low voice: "This is your chance to become a close confidant of Taiwei!" ”

Zhang Xiu was excited, reacted, nodded silently, and asked people to escort the Zou family to rest, and walked towards the Wei family with a gloomy face.

The crying and screaming were much louder, and after the Zou family walked out of the execution ground under the escort of several personal soldiers, he saw Ye Zhao wandering around with Dian Wei, and hurriedly went up and bowed down and said, "See Tai Wei." ”

"Are you ......" Ye Zhao looked at the beautiful woman suspiciously.

"The concubine is the wife of General Zhang Ji." Zou hurriedly said.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Zhang, General Zhang's matter, I deeply regret it, and please don't be too sad, and mourn and change." Ye Zhao smiled and nodded, reaching out to help.

"Thank you for your concern, and the concubine will leave." Zou rose with the trend.

Ye Zhao nodded, frowning and watching Zou leave.

"Lord, what's wrong?" Dian Wei saw Ye Zhao staring at Zou's back and said, "Is there something wrong with this woman?" ”

"There is no problem, but Zhang Ji has such a woman, and I don't know how many hats he wears on his head." Ye Zhao shook his head, just now when the Zou clan was supporting him, his fingers scratched on his palm, Ye Zhao was sure that it was intentional, not unintentional.

"Hats?" Dian Wei looked at Ye Zhao in amazement.

"You don't understand, try to stay away from this woman in the future, there is a lot of wind and dust!" Ye Zhao shook his head, and in the distance, the crying gradually lowered with a scream, Ye Zhao's mood was inexplicably much happier: "Send someone to send those heads to Nanyang!" ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei glanced in the direction Zou had left and nodded.